The Legal Priorities Project is an independent, global research and field-building project founded by researchers at Harvard University. We conduct strategic legal research that mitigates existential risk and promotes the flourishing of future generations, and we build a field that shares these priorities.

We currently focus on four cause areas: artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, institutional design, and meta-research. Our research is influenced by the principles of effective altruism and the longtermism paradigm.

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Legal Priorities Project

Christoph Winter

Daisy Newbold - Harrop

Mackenzie Arnold

The Research Team at the Legal Priorities Project conducts rigorous and strategic investigations into key legal issues pertaining to existential risks, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and institutional design. Comprising scholars and affiliates with specialized expertise, the team collaborates to produce impactful research that informs policy, supports effective altruism, and advances the principles of longtermism to safeguard the future of humanity.

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